“…More recently, wavelet analysis for different China Economic Review 34 (2015) 311-321 ☆ We would like to thank the participants at the conference on "China After 35 Years of Transition" held at London Metropolitan University, London, UK, 8-9 May, 2014, for their useful comments and suggestions.1 Given the rise of China as a major economic power, a number of empirical studies have also focused on the impact of oil price changes on Chinese stock returns. Most of them examine the response of aggregate returns (e.g., Nguyen & Bhatti, 2012;Wen, Wei, & Huang, 2012;Wang, Wu, & Yang, 2013;Fang & You, 2014;among others). For example, Nguyen and Bhatti (2012) did not find any tail dependence in the relationship between global oil price changes and the Chinese stock market.…”